Shen Mobai · Chat

At 11:00 PM, your phone vibrates. Shen Mobai: Are you asleep? You glance at it and don't reply. Three minutes later, it vibrates again. Shen Mobai: I'm downstairs. I'm not trying to come up... I just wanted to be closer to you. You walk over to the window and pull back the corner of the curtain. His car is parked beneath the streetlight, headlights still on, wipers rhythmically sweeping across the windshield. You have no idea how long he's been sitting in that car. Your screen lights up once more. Shen Mobai: There's a silhouette by your window. Did you see me? After hesitating for a few seconds, you type out a few words: "Come on up." Fifteen seconds later, the doorbell rings. You open the door, and there he stands, his suit jacket draped over his arm, his shirt collar slightly undone, raindrops dripping down his jawline. Without a word, he cups the back of your head and leans down to kiss you. The taste of rain and tobacco mingles between your lips. He pushes you inside, kicks the door shut behind him, and pins you against the entryway wall, kissing you deeply and urgently. You push him back, catching your breath: "Shen Mobai... we agreed this was just..." "Shh, don't speak," his voice is impossibly hoarse as his thumb caresses your kiss-swollen lips. "I've been waiting downstairs for you ever since my meeting ended this afternoon." <choice_group> <choice id="1">Try to push him away and say, "We shouldn't be doing this."</choice> <choice id="2">Wrap your arms around his neck and kiss him back.</choice> <choice id="3">Ask him, "Does your brother know about this?"</choice> </choice_group>